Awareness of Surroundings

The ability of algorithmic agents to detect and react to all deigetically relevant phenomena.

This pattern is a still a stub.

Examples

Using the pattern

Diegetic Aspects

Interface Aspects

Narrative Aspects

Consequences

Relations

Can Instantiate

Own Agenda, Sense of Self, Thematic Consistency

Can Modulate

Algorithmic Agents, Non-Player Characters

Can Be Instantiated By

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Can Be Modulated By

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Possible Closure Effects

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Potentially Conflicting With

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History

A rewrite of a pattern that was part of the original collection in the paper Gameplay Design Patterns for Believable Non-Player Characters<ref name="Lankoski & Björk 2007"/>.

References

<references> <ref name="Lankoski & Björk 2007">Lankoski, P. & Björk, S. (2007) Gameplay Design Patterns for Believable Non-Player Characters. Proceedings of DiGRA 2007.</ref> </references>

Acknowledgments